The Electrocoat Association’s mission (see About Us tab) is all about education – creating learning and networking experiences that make a real difference in your work, your business and even to the technology itself through new, innovative techniques and products.

Currently we produce the ECOAT Conference, presented in even-numbered years; an annual Electrocoating Seminar that travels to various regional locations with a strong manufacturing base; a book, Electrocoat: A Guidebook for Finishers; and, beginning in June, 2018, our new Webinar product.

We also provide educational programming and speakers for co-sponsored events and are in the development stage of several online resource tools.

The electrocoat process consists of several systems working together. This makes troubleshooting a defect very difficult. This talk explains how the process of troubleshooting defects can be focused into three categories: process, chemistry and unusual conditions. A troubleshooting reference guide will also be provided as we discuss the disciplined approach of isolating components of your system to determine root cause and the appropriate countermeasure to take to correct a problem. Several useful analytical and laboratory tools will also be described.

Ed Evans is a Product Engineer at Axalta Coating Systems with 24 years of experience formulating and supporting automotive coatings. Trained as a research chemist, Ed specializes in applying technical know-how and a disciplined approach to solving global electrocoat problems. Ed supports several customers working on projects ranging from the introduction of new ED technologies, plant launches, material conversions, process improvements to implementing best practices all while improving quality, efficiency, cost and performance. Ed resides in the metro Detroit area and holds a BS and MS in Chemistry from Southern University and A&M College.

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